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Details
LOT 3854
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1248-1250. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 3a2.
(Star) ҺЄHRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX (X with one curved limb) • III', crowned facing head / ҺЄH-RI O-H LV-ИDЄ (ЄH and ИD ligate), long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. North 986; SCBC 1362A. Very Fine.(1.48gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Colchester Hoard, 1969.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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